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.class Landroid/support/v7/widget/ActionMenuPresenter$OverflowPopup;
.super Landroid/support/v7/internal/view/menu/MenuPopupHelper;
.source "ActionMenuPresenter.java"

# annotations
.annotation system Ldalvik/annotation/EnclosingClass;
    value = Landroid/support/v7/widget/ActionMenuPresenter;
.end annotation

.annotation system Ldalvik/annotation/InnerClass;
    accessFlags = 0x2
    name = "OverflowPopup"
.end annotation

# instance fields
.field final synthetic this$0:Landroid/support/v7/widget/ActionMenuPresenter;

# direct methods
.method public constructor <init>(Landroid/support/v7/widget/ActionMenuPresenter;Landroid/content/Context;Landroid/support/v7/internal/view/menu/MenuBuilder;Landroid/view/View;Z)V
    .locals 6
    .param p2, "context"    # Landroid/content/Context;
    .param p3, "menu"    # Landroid/support/v7/internal/view/menu/MenuBuilder;
    .param p4, "anchorView"    # Landroid/view/View;
    .param p5, "overflowOnly"    # Z

    .prologue
    .line 673
    iput-object p1, p0, Landroid/support/v7/widget/ActionMenuPresenter$OverflowPopup;->this$0:Landroid/support/v7/widget/ActionMenuPresenter;

    .line 674
    sget v5, Landroid/support/v7/appcompat/R$attr;->actionOverflowMenuStyle:I

    move-object v0, p0

    move-object v1, p2

    move-object v2, p3

    move-object v3, p4

    move v4, p5

    invoke-direct/range {v0 .. v5}, Landroid/support/v7/internal/view/menu/MenuPopupHelper;-><init>(Landroid/content/Context;Landroid/support/v7/internal/view/menu/MenuBuilder;Landroid/view/View;ZI)V

    .line 675
    const v0, 0x800005

    invoke-virtual {p0, v0}, Landroid/support/v7/widget/ActionMenuPresenter$OverflowPopup;->setGravity(I)V

    .line 676
    iget-object v0, p1, Landroid/support/v7/widget/ActionMenuPresenter;->mPopupPresenterCallback:Landroid/support/v7/widget/ActionMenuPresenter$PopupPresenterCallback;

    invoke-virtual {p0, v0}, Landroid/support/v7/widget/ActionMenuPresenter$OverflowPopup;->setCallback(Landroid/support/v7/internal/view/menu/MenuPresenter$Callback;)V

    .line 677
    return-void
.end method

# virtual methods
.method public onDismiss()V
    .locals 2

    .prologue
    .line 681
    invoke-super {p0}, Landroid/support/v7/internal/view/menu/MenuPopupHelper;->onDismiss()V

    .line 682
    iget-object v0, p0, Landroid/support/v7/widget/ActionMenuPresenter$OverflowPopup;->this$0:Landroid/support/v7/widget/ActionMenuPresenter;

    # getter for: Landroid/support/v7/widget/ActionMenuPresenter;->mMenu:Landroid/support/v7/internal/view/menu/MenuBuilder;
    invoke-static {v0}, Landroid/support/v7/widget/ActionMenuPresenter;->access$400(Landroid/support/v7/widget/ActionMenuPresenter;)Landroid/support/v7/internal/view/menu/MenuBuilder;

    move-result-object v0

    invoke-virtual {v0}, Landroid/support/v7/internal/view/menu/MenuBuilder;->close()V

    .line 683
    iget-object v0, p0, Landroid/support/v7/widget/ActionMenuPresenter$OverflowPopup;->this$0:Landroid/support/v7/widget/ActionMenuPresenter;

    const/4 v1, 0x0

    # setter for: Landroid/support/v7/widget/ActionMenuPresenter;->mOverflowPopup:Landroid/support/v7/widget/ActionMenuPresenter$OverflowPopup;
    invoke-static {v0, v1}, Landroid/support/v7/widget/ActionMenuPresenter;->access$202(Landroid/support/v7/widget/ActionMenuPresenter;Landroid/support/v7/widget/ActionMenuPresenter$OverflowPopup;)Landroid/support/v7/widget/ActionMenuPresenter$OverflowPopup;

    .line 684
    return-void
.end method

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"I am not stupid. I am not a loser. I am not a thing. I am a person," writes John Franklin Stephens. "It hurts me to think that people assume that I am less than a whole person. That is what is so awful about slurs."
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John Pruen Cordner (20 March 1929  – 10 December 2016) was an Australian sportsman who played first-class cricket for Victoria and Australian rules football in the Victorian Football League (VFL) with Melbourne.

Born in Diamond Creek, Victoria, Cordner came from a famous Australian rules football family with three brothers, Don, Denis and Ted all having noted careers for the Melbourne Football Club. John spent just one season with Melbourne, in 1951, and played six VFL games.

Unlike his brothers, John excelled at cricket and made his first-class debut for Victoria in the 1951/52 Sheffield Shield season. Playing against Queensland at Brisbane he dismissed both openers, Leyland Sanders and Wally Grout, with his left-arm fast-medium bowling to finish with figures of 2 for 37 in the first innings. Despite playing another three first-class matches he only managed to take one further wicket. The last of those matches was for English side Warwickshire when they took on the touring Indian cricket team. He was in England at the time studying nuclear science. He played 34 district cricket matches for University, and took 80 wickets at 22.1.

He died in December 2016.

See also
 List of Victoria first-class cricketers

References

External links

 John Cordner at Demonwiki.
Cricinfo profile

1929 births
2016 deaths
Melbourne Football Club players
Australian cricketers
Victoria cricketers
Warwickshire cricketers
Cricketers from Melbourne
Australian rules footballers from Melbourne
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Kenauk's Sugarbush has to be one of the best destinations in Canada if not the continent for excellent fishing and a great cabin. You have the lake to yourself with your buddies. In mid October I landed 27 rainbows like the one above in just one day. I lost an equal number.
Best time to fish was just before dawn and right at sunset.
I have another favorite fly: the Minky. It is tied a bit differently than the Coney Leech.


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Q: Selection of objects on different layers How could I select two different objects from two different layers using code or in the QGIS interface itself?

An example.
I have two elements in two different layers; that green dot, and the orange square, on another layer. What I want is to be able, geographically to be able to select them and to later associate them by some field. The problem is in that if I could make a union, but of course, that would refer to all the elements of the layers, and in this case, I want to choose them, some yes and others no, so try it a geographical mode.

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Coagulation-fibrinolysis abnormalities in acute and chronic phases of cerebral thrombosis and embolism.
We assayed plasma concentrations of fibrinogen, fibrinopeptide A, plasmin-alpha 2 plasmin inhibitor complex, D dimer, and antithrombin III activity in 40 patients with cerebral thrombosis and nine patients with cerebral embolism during the acute (less than 7 days), subacute (7-27 days), and chronic (greater than or equal to 28 days) periods and compared these with 69 controls. In cerebral thrombosis, fibrinogen and fibrinopeptide A levels were elevated significantly in all stages (p less than 0.001), whereas plasmin-alpha 2 plasmin inhibitor complex and D dimer levels were elevated significantly in the subacute and chronic periods. The antithrombin III activity was significantly decreased in the acute stage. The elevation of fibrinogen and plasmin-alpha 2 plasmin inhibitor complex levels in the acute stage was significantly greater in patients with an infarct size greater than 10 mm2 compared to patients with an infarct size less than 10 mm2. We observed similar changes in patients with cerebral embolism. These results suggest that enhanced coagulation exists at all stages and endogenous fibrinolysis is activated in the subacute and chronic periods in a large proportion of patients with cerebral thrombosis and embolism.


The less sporty among you must already regret they came here. The WHAT ?! HIIT, or High Intensity Interval Training, you name it. September started a week ago, and we are monday : it's the perfect time to start working out again, if you haven't yet. What is better to start than a great method which burns fat effectively AND fast ? I'm in, are you ?
HIIT is a training method which uses the interval technique. You are going to alternate between short sessions of intense effort and longer sessions of moderate effort. I will take running as an example : you are going to run at a moderate pace during 3 minutes, and then you will sprint as fast as you can during 30 seconds, before going back to a moderate pace during 2 minutes and sprinting again during 30 seconds… etc. A full session lasts about 30 minutes and will be much more effective to lose fat and improve your endurance than an hour of moderate running. This will significantly save your time (but not your effort) !
It is important to hydrate during the day, especially if you are working out.
Why is this training method more effective ?
When you do HIIT (yes, do it !), your body will make several sudden and intense efforts (the 30 seconds of sprint). This is called the anaerobic activity. These intense efforts contrast with the moderate ones (the 2 minutes of running), called aerobic activity. The anaerobic activity, in opposition to the aerobic activity, will force your metabolism to use its fat reserves more than usual, without even damaging your muscle mass. Moreover, the effect will last : several hours after your training, your body will keep burning calories, thanks to the effort you made.
➜ A HIIT session should not last more than 30 minutes : this is fast, and effective.
➜ There will be results : if you train 3 times a week (you have to be consistant though) and eat healthy meals, you should see the first changes on your body at the end of the first month.
➜ Your are going to lose fat, not muscles. With this method, muscle mass is preserved. But be careful : this won't develop them either (see the cons hereafter).
➜ HIIT is a type of cardio training. This type of workout is great to lose fat, but this won't make your muscles grow. For a toned and harmonious body, I strongly recommend you to do strengthening exercises too. If you are not used to weightlifting, don't worry, using your body weight or small dumbbells is fine already. You will find on the Internet or on the blog, in the Beauty category, some simple exercises.
Doing Pilates (with the help of the amazing Cassey Ho) can also be a good compromise. Despite their apparent simplicity, these exercises are very effective (I dare you to do them without trouble !).
I advise you to do 3 HIIT sessions per week + 3 to 5 five strengthening sessions (like Pilates) + having an healthy and balanced diet and you will get results that might surprise you !
➜ HIIT is a difficult training for the less sporty people. I advise you to go slow at the beginning. Always start your session with some stretches and 5 minutes of warm up (moderate running). See how your body reacts, be attentive and learn to know your limits.
If you suffer from heart problems, or are in a bad physical condition, I strongly advise you to see your doctor before doing this type of workout.
or smartphone to easily have them with you when you workout. Good luck !
is the same, apart from a small detail… We reverse the situation !
Two minutes of intense effort and thirty seconds of recovery… Do you think you can do it ?
I love this post! Especially the encouragement that now is as good of a time as any to start! HIIT is great for getting a jumpstart on fat burning.
I have been getting into HIIT for the last couple of months, but have been sticking only to running (either a track workout or treadmill). I love the idea of switching it up between biking, running and the elliptical though. I was wondering if you would recommend doing three of each HIIT sessions you posted a week, or sticking to one type of session but then switching to another the next week. I'm not sure if it really matters or not, but I was just curious to hear what you thought. Thank you!
Hi Kerry ! Thanks for your comment !
Actually, I would recommend to switch between the three different types of exercise, if it's possible for you.
When you do one type of workout all the time, your body tend to adapt to it. So if you could altern between running, biking and the elliptical, that would "surprise" your body and keep it from getting used to the workout.
But if it's more convenient for you to do just one kind of exercise, that's fine too, doing HIIT while running is still great ! Did you notice any surprising results since you started this type of workout ?
This is super helpful, thanks for responding! I have noticed a big difference in how I feel/look since working out this way. I'm adding in strength training as well, but haven't been as on top of that as I am with my HIIT workouts. So I can only imagine the results once I get my muscles in gear!


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Ravens are big. I didn't quite appreciate this fact until I visited the Tower of London.
I was sitting on the ancient stairway leading up to the White Tower, trying to attract one of the grounded ravens towards me. My empty fingers rubbed out-stretched towards it. My friend stood a short distance away, poised with a camera.
The raven came. Suddenly primal warnings shot from my arm to my brain. This bird was nearly as big as me! At least that's how it seemed! And it was so very close. I yanked my hand away and cowered on the steps.
My friend never did get a decent photograph. But the Tower of London was the perfect place to try. The ravens are always there, and they cannot fly away.
There are currently seven ravens in the Tower of London. Tradition says that there should be six, so one is viewed as the 'spare'.
The fact that they've become a tourist attraction in their own right meshes well with the apparent pandering to legends. Rationally minded Beefeaters - military men and women all - can brush away any accusation of superstitious thinking, by stating that visitors expect ravens.
But don't be fooled. It's all about the legend.
One Beefeater - the nickname given to the Tower of London guards - is employed to look after the ravens there. The current Tower Ravenmaster is Chris Skaife, who even Tweets regular messages about the birds in his care.
The Tower of London ravens are kept extremely well. They each enjoy hearty meals - each one getting 500g of meat every day, alongside bird biscuits soaked in blood and regular chopped apples - as well as the best veterinarian care in Britain.
At night, they live in cages, but only because foxes crawl through the sewers and have been known to attack them. First thing in the morning, Skaife does his rounds, letting them out of their aviaries alongside the White Tower and the Wakefield Tower. Then the ravens fly free all day.
To a given value of 'free' that is. All of the ravens in the Tower of London have one wing clipped. This allows them to take to the air, but not very far. Often it's only up to land on a low perch. Some struggle to make it as high as the turrets atop this ancient London landmark.
But why all that effort in care and captivity? That's because of the old saying, 'if the ravens leave the Tower, the kingdom will fall'; yet the warning may not be as venerably ancient as is often assumed. Then again, it might.
Did Charles II Order the Tower's Captive Ravens?
The story told to tourists is that ravens are held at the Tower of London due to a four hundred year old law.
In the seventeenth century, the Tower of London was home to Britain's premier observatory. Astronomer John Flamsteed complained to his monarch, King Charles II, that ravens nesting there kept impeding his view of the stars.
Charles II promptly ordered that all of the Tower's ravens be shot. But superstitious advisers quickly intervened.
Upon being warned of an old legend - that the Crown, and Britain with it, would fall if the ravens ever left the Tower of London - Charles moved the observatory instead. Then ruled to keep six birds trapped within the precincts of the Tower.
We're still obeying those royal edicts today.
Historians who have studied these raven stories have come to the conclusion that the superstition is very recent indeed!
Historian Boria Sax ran into a bit of a problem, when researching his book City of Ravens.
He had assumed, like the rest of Britain, that the legend of Charles II and the ravens was fundamentally true. He just needed the proper wording from the primary source material, then he could get on with writing the rest of his history of the Tower's ravens.
But the documents simply weren't there. Moreover, a thorough search of the historical record showed no mention of captive ravens in the Tower of London before the 19th century.
Sax was forced to conclude that the superstition about the Tower ravens only dated as far back as the Victorians.
It is a view semi-secretly shared by official Tower historian Geoff Parnell.
It is now believed that the tradition of keeping captive ravens in the Tower of London has, at its root, a fashion fad from 1845.
That was the year when Edgar Allan Poe published his famous poem The Raven. It inspired the keeping of ravens as pets amongst the well-to-do throughout the Western world. Which possibly included some of those resident in the Tower of London.
The fortress had long been a popular roosting place for ravens, but this was something different. This ensured that when tourists flocked through the doors to hear gruesome tales of the Tower's brutal history, it was against a backdrop of ravens cawing.
Ravens have an ancient association with death within the British psyche. Native Celtic stories are full of them, while the coming of the Anglo-Saxons and the Normans didn't precisely calm things down. For those Victorian thrill-seekers, it was all too perfect.
It is assumed that some entrepreneurial 19th century Beefeater invented the Charles II legend, and all others since have merely repeated it. It titillated tourists, without anyone having to admit that was the actual point.
The legend has given rise to even more flights of fantasy, as these authors can attest!
The Earl of Dunraven certainly sent a gift of ravens to the Tower of London, but why did he do that? More pertinently WHO was he sending.
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While there might be some credence to the theory of an Edgar Allan Poe inspired pet raven fad, it's known that captive birds in the Tower did arrive through another avenue too.
The 4th Earl of Dunraven was a Victorian statesman, who served both in the House of Lords and as Secretary to the Colonies under Prime Minister Lord Salisbury.
But his link here comes through his gift of several captive ravens to the Tower of London. It seems to have happened quite out of the blue, and may not have been so 'innocent' as first appears.
His grandfather was Windham Henry Quin, 2nd Earl of Dunraven, who married the heiress of Glamorgan Castle and made his home there. He became obsessed with Welsh mysticism, Celtic lore and, in particular, the religion of the ancient Druids.
Among his other interests, the 2nd Earl of Dunraven became a patron of Iolo Morganwg. This scholar and poet probably did more than any other figure in recent history to re-ignite interest in Druidism. Even if he did forge half of his sources.
Dunraven became convinced that Glamorgan Castle was being visited by the Celtic God Bran, in His atavistic form of a raven.
Part of the legends surrounding Bran the Blessed is that the land cannot fall while his head is facing the seas. It was a story pertaining to Harlech in West Wales, and the erstwhile invaders being frightened away were Irish slavers and raiders.
There is another story that Bran's head was removed - thus facilitating the invasions of the Romans, Anglo-Saxons and Normans respectively - until it was found again and placed under White Hill in London. That is, underneath where the Tower of London now stands.
It's a legend which seems to stem from the time when Dunraven's grandson was importing captive ravens to the Tower of London; and stories were suddenly springing up that Britain will fall unless the ravens remain.
It doesn't take a conspiracy theorist to put the clues together. It's not the ravens per se who protect the land, it's a Celtic God transplanted from Wales to London. It's Bran the Blessed, in raven form, staking a claim for neo-Druidism in the Tower, as devised by the Earls of Dunraven.
As ethnically one of those Celts, I preen and thank you muchly. :D Though I didn't personally have much to do with this one.
I always try to go back to source as much as possible. It's amazing how much Chinese whispers kick in, even in historical study!
This is fascinating. I especially enjoyed Boria Sax's being a stickler about checking the source documents -- careers have been made from doggedly tracing backward to originals.
Also intriguing is the underlying potentiality of a transplanted Celtic God being the reality behind the legend. Brilliant. Those Celts: they're powerful, and they're timeless.
LOL I've never heard that before, but even the synopsis made me laugh aloud. I'll certainly be giving it a listen. Thanks!
This brings to mind an episode of the Goon Show in the mid-1950s. Neddie Seagoon steals the 60-foot McCaber of the MacReekie clan who then invade England to get it back. The Scots besiege the Tower of London and Minnie Bannister cooks up 24 ravens in a pie with the result that the Tower falls.
Fortunately perhaps, they don't write stuff like The MacReekie Rising of '74 any more.
:D Do you recall the ravens when you were there? And did you realize that you were looking upon the Earthly form of the God Bran?
what's the question re Chris Skaife's accent?
It's fun reading all these articles you've been writing about the places I got to see.
For nearly 1000 years people have lived in the Tower of London. Many were tortured and killed there. Things like that leave their mark.


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Century-old Warship Returns to Athens after Repairs
Wednesday, 26 July 2017 01:38 PM
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — After three months of extensive maintenance and conservation work, a 107-year-old battleship returned Wednesday to its berth in Athens, where it serves as a floating museum.
A naval band played, surrounding vessels sounded their horns and a naval helicopter flew above as the Georgios Averof, a relic from the era of dreadnoughts, was nudged in to its mooring spot.
Three tugs towed the 10,000-ton former Greek navy flagship from a shipyard in Skaramangas — where the repairs were carried out with private funding — through the straits of Salamis to Trocadero in Athens.
Named after the Greek businessman who partly financed the huge cost of the ship's purchase, the armored cruiser was built in an Italian shipyard in 1910 and was at the time the most feared warship in the Aegean Sea.
It served in the Greek navy during the Balkan wars, playing a leading role in victorious encounters with the Ottoman Turkish navy, helping free a string of Greek islands in the northeastern Aegean and securing Greek naval dominance in the archipelago.
It also saw active service during World War II, when it was based in Alexandria, Egypt, after the fall of Greece to German forces. After the end of the war, it carried the Greek government-in-exile back to Athens.
The Georgios Averof remained in service until 1952, and spent the next quarter-century moored on the island of Poros, until the navy decided to restore and use it as a museum in the mid-1980s.
The 460-foot ship will open again to visitors in September, following further refurbishment at its berth. About 60,000 people visit it every year.
After three months of extensive maintenance and conservation work, a 107-year-old battleship returned Wednesday to its berth in Athens, where it serves as a floating museum.A naval band played, surrounding vessels sounded their horns and a naval helicopter flew above as the...
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Being a small retail investor, I have not vested in any of the above stocks yet but come next year (when the Board Lot Size reduces from 1,000 to 100), I will definitely look into investing in some of these blue chips.
Surprised wilmar is not one of the big cap. One of the top 5 holdings in sti index.
Once upon a time, Wilmar the Giant has made Peter Lim, Remiser King a Billionaire.
Some folks who seriously copycat Peter Lim became rich.Those historic days in the forums and brokers' chats.
With the lots size decrease next Jan, will it increase overall trading volume?


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Have a heart Ivanka!
After Donald Trump bombed Syria, his son Eric told the Daily Telegraph "Ivanka is a mother of three kids and she has influence. I'm sure she said 'Listen, this is horrible stuff.' My father will act in times like that." Bombing is horrible stuff, too. If Ivanka Trump has that kind of influence over her father—more influence, it seems, than the Secretary of State—we need to urge her to wield that influence in a way that doesn't lead to more suffering. She recently told the US Ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, that she wants to address some of the world's worst humanitarian crises.
Let's hold her to that.
For Mothers Day, let's ask Ivanka to highlight the horrific humanitarian crisis in Yemen on behalf of the millions of Yemeni mothers whose children are going hungry. By speaking out, Ivanka could save millions of Yemenis from famine.
Aid groups, the UN, former U.S. officials and 55 House Members have warned that if the U.S. helps Saudi Arabia with its imminent attack on the Yemeni port of Hodeida, where most humanitarian aid enters, we will almost certainly push Yemen into a full-blown famine.
To prevent even more horrific suffering, the U.S. must stop the Saudis from attacking the port, halt weapons sales to Saudi Arabia, and call for a ceasefire and a political solution.
Urge Ivanka to reach into her heart as a mother and speak up for the mothers in Yemen by signing our petition, which we will hand deliver to Ivanka's house for Mother's Day. And don't forget to share the image on top of this email on Facebook and Twitter.
Thank you for speaking up for the mothers in Yemen, yourself, and for standing for peace and justice every day.
With all our hearts,
Ann, Ariel, Desiree, Jodie, Lenny, Mariana, Mark, Medea, Nancy, Paki, Paula, Taylor and Tighe
PS. Join us for Mothers Day in New York City where, together with Grannies for Peace, MADRE and WILPF, we will re-enact the original Mother's Day Proclamation by Julia Ward Howe calling on the world to "Disarm, Disarm" and celebrate women peacemakers. Or join other events in Dallas and Washington D.C.
Support our work for peace and justice.
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China, History, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Prehistory, Russia
Ancient Kyrgyz
August 24, 2018 September 16, 2018 markeminer
The Ancient Kyrgyz, also known as the Yensei Kyrgyz or the Khyagas (Khakas), were an ancient Turkic people who dwelled along the upper Yenisei River in the southern portion of the Minusinsk Depression in South Siberia from the 3rd century BCE to the 13th century CE.
The heart of their homeland was the forested Tannu-Ola mountain range (known in ancient times as the Lao or Kogmen mountains), in modern-day Tuva, just north of Mongolia. The Sayan mountains were also included in their territory at different times.
The Kyrgyz Khaganate existed from 550 to 1219 CE; in 840, it took over the leadership of the Turkic Khaganate from the Uyghurs, expanding the state from the Yenisei territories into the Central Asia and Tarim basin. The Yenisei Kyrgyz mass migration to the Jeti-su resulted in the formation of the modern Kyrgyz Republic, land of the modern-day Kyrgyz.
Kyrgyz History
According to recent historical findings, Kyrgyz history dates back to 201 BE. The Yenisei Kyrgyz may perhaps be correlated to the Tashtyk culture. They were known as Jiegu or Xiajiasi in Chiinese historical texts, but first appeared as Gekun or Jiankun n Han period records. By the fall of the Gokturk empire in the eighth century CE, the Yenisei Kirghiz had established their own thriving state based on the Gokturk model. They had adopted the Orkhon script of the Gokturks and established trading ties with China and the Abbasid Caliphate in Central Asia and Middle East.
The Kyrgyz Khagans of the Yenisei Kirghiz Khaganate claimed descent from the Chinese general Li Ling, grandson of the famous Han Dynasty general Li Guang. Li Ling was captured by the Xiongnu and defected in the first century BCE. And since the Tang royal Li family also claimed descent from Li Guang, the Kirghiz Khagan was therefore recognized as a membesr of the Tang Imperial family. Emperor Zhongzong of Tang had said to them:
"Your nation and Ours are of the same ancestral clan (Zong). You are not like other foreigners."
In 758, the Uyghurs killed the Kirghiz Khan, and the Kirghiz came under the rule of the Uyghur Khaganate. However, the Yenisei Kyrghyz spent much of their time in a state of rebellion. In 840 they succeeded in sacking the Uyghur capital, Ordu-Baliq in Mongolia's Orkhon Valley, and driving the Uyghurs out of Mongolia entirely.
On February 13 843 at "Kill the Foreigners" Mountain, the Tang Chinese inflicted a devastating defeat upon the Uyghur Qaghan's forces. But rather than replace the Uyghurs as the lords of Mongolia, the Yenisei Kirghiz continued to live in their traditional homeland and exist as they had for centuries. The defeat and collapse of the Uyghur Khaganate triggered a massive migration of Uyghurs from Mongolia into Turfan, Kumul, and Gansu where they founded the Kingdom of Qocho and Gansu Uyghur Kingdom.
When Genghis Khan came to power in the early 13th century, the Yenisei Kirghiz submitted peacefully to him and were absorbed into his Mongol Empire, putting an end to their independent state. During the time of the Mongol Empire, the territory of the Yenisei Kirghiz in northern Mongolia was turned into an agricultural colony called Kem-Kemchik. Kublai Khan, who founded the Yuan Dynasty, also sent Mongolian and Chinese officials (along with colonists) to serve as judges in the Kyrgyz and Tuva regions.
Some of the Yenisei Kirghiz were relocated into the Dzungar Khanate by the Dzungars. In 1761, after the Dzungars were defeated by the Qing, some Öelet, a tribe of Oirat-speaking Dzungars, were deported to Nonni basin in Northeastern China (Manchuria), and a group of Yenisei Kirghiz were also deported along with the Öelet. The Kirghiz moved to northeastern China became known as the Fuyu Kyrgyz, but they have now mostly merged with the Mongol and Chinese population.
The descendants of the Yenisei Kirghiz today are the Kyrgyz, Khakas, and Altai peoples.
Khakas
A Turkic people, who live in Russia, in the republic of Khakassia in southern Siberia. They speak the Khakas language.
It is believed that the Khakas people and Fuyu Kyrgyz are closer to the ancient Yenisei Kirghiz, who are both Siberian Turkic peoples (Northeastern Turkic), rather than the Kyrgyz people of modern Kyrgyzstan, who are Kipchak Turkic people (Northwestern Turkic).
A Turkic people living in the Siberian Altai Republic and Altai Krai.
For alternative ethnonyms see also Teleut, Tele, Telengit, Black Tatar, and Oirats. The Altaians are presented by two ethnographic groups:
The Northern Altaians include the Tubalar (the Tuba-Kizhi), the Chelkans, the Kumandin, and the Shors
The Southern Altaians include the Altai-Kizhi) the Teleut, the Teles, and the Telengit
The Northern and Southern Altayans formed in the Altay area on the basis of tribes of Kimek-Kipchaks.
Ancient Kyrgyz Culture
Culturally and linguistically, the Yenisei Kirghiz were Turkic. The Kirghiz were described in Tang Dynasty texts as having primarily Caucasian features, with some having East Asian features. According to the Tang Huiyao (961 CE) article on Jiegu (the Kirghiz), which very likely comes from the Xu Huiyao that Yang Shaofu and others completed in 852, citing Ge Jiayun, who was the Protector General of Anxi
During the reign period of Kaiyuan of [emperor] Xuanzong, Ge Jiayun, composed A Record of the Western Regions, in which he said "the people of the Jiankun state all have red hair and green eyes. The ones with dark eyes were descendants of Li Ling.
It further mentioned that the name "Xiajiasi", by which the Kirghiz were then known, was what the Uyghurs called them and had the meaning "yellow head and red face", although confusingly it was also a name Kirghiz themselves used. Since the Turks were being described as people of small stature in the Tangshu, the description of the Kirghiz as tall, blue-eyed blonds excited the early interest of scholars, who assumed that they could not have originally been Turkic in language.
Ligeti cited the opinions of various scholars who had proposed to see them as Germanic, Slav, orKet, while he himself, favoured a Samoyed origin on the basis of an etymology for a supposed Kirghiz word qaša or qaš for "iron".
However Pulleyblank argued:
As far as I can see the only basis for the assumption that the Kirghiz were not originally Turkic in language is the fact that they are described as blonds, hardly an acceptable argument in the light of present day ideas about the independence of language and race. As Ligeti himself admitted, other evidence about the Kirghiz language in Tang sources shows clearly that at that time they were Turkic speaking and there is no earlier evidence at all about their language. Even the word qaša or qaš may, I think, be Turkic. The Tongdian says: "Whenever the sky rains iron, they gather it and use it. They call it jiasha (LMC kiaa-şaa). They make knives and swords with it that are very sharp." The Tang Huiyao is the same except that it leaves out the foreign word jiasha. "Raining iron" must surely refer to meteorites. The editor who copied the passage into the Xin Tangshu unfortunately misunderstood it and changed it to, "Whenever it rains, their custom is always to get iron," which is rather nonsensical. Ligeti unfortunately used only the Xin Tangshu passage without referring to the Tongdian. His restoration of qaša or qaš seems quite acceptable but I doubt that word simply meant "iron". It seems rather to refer specifically to "meteorite"
American Turkologist Michael Drompp adheres to the same opinion:
A number of researchers have been tempted to see the early Kyrgyz as a non-Turkic people or, at the very least, an ethnically mixed people with a large non-Turkic component. Many scholars have supported this idea after identifying what they believe to be examples of non-Turkic (particularly Samoyed) words among the Kyrgyz words preserved in Chinese sources. It should be noted, however, that the connection between language and "race" is highly inconclusive. The physical appearance of the Kyrgyz can no more be considered as indicating that they were not a Turkic people than can the lexical appearance of a few possibly non-Turkic words, whose presence in the Kyrgyz language can be explained through the common practice of linguistic borrowing. The Kyrgyz inscriptions of the Yenisei (eighth century CE and later) are in fact written in a completely Turkic language, and T'ang Chinese sources state clearly that the Kyrgyz written and spoken language at that time was identical to that of the Turkic Uygurs (Chinese Hui-ho, Hui-hu). Most of the Kyrgyz words preserved in Chinese sources are, in fact, Turkic. There is no reason to assume a non-Turkic origin for the Kyrgyz, although that possibility cannot be discounted.
The Yenisei Kirghiz had a mixed economy based on traditional nomadic animal breeding (mostly horses and cattle) and agriculture. According to Chinese records, they grew Himalayan rye, barley, millet, and wheat.
They were also skilled iron workers, jewelry makers, potters, and weavers. Their homes were traditional nomadic tents and, in the agricultural areas, wood and bark huts. Their farming settlements were protected by log palisades.
The resources of their forested homeland (mainly fur) allowed the Yenisei Kirghiz to become prosperous merchants as well. They maintained trading ties with China, Tibet, the Abbasid Caliphate of the Middle east, and many local tribes.
Kirghiz horses were also renowned for their large size and speed.
The tenth-century Persian text Hudud al-'alam described the Kirgiz as people who "venerate the Fire and burn the dead", and that they were nomads who hunted.
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Q: building CRF-RNN tensorflow implementation While trying to implement CRF as RNN in tensorflow, given the instructions here: https://github.com/liangy1969/CRF-RNN_Tensorflow , I encountered an error below.
onur@onur-GE62VR-6RF:~/tf_kodlar/CRF-RNN_Tensorflow-master/src$ python3 setup.py build_ext --inplace

running build_ext

building '_permutohedral' extension

x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc -pthread -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O2 -Wall -Wstrict
-prototypes -g -fstack-protector-strong -Wformat -Werror=format-security
-Wdate-time -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fPIC -I/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/numpy/core/include -I/usr/include/python3.5m -c
permutohedral_wrap.cxx -o build/temp.linux-x86_64-3.5/permutohedral_wrap.o

cc1plus: warning: command line option '-Wstrict-prototypes' is valid for
C/ObjC but not for C++
permutohedral_wrap.cxx: In function 'PyObject*
_wrap_PermutohedralLattice_get_enclosing_simplices(PyObject*, PyObject*)':
permutohedral_wrap.cxx:4056:10: error: invalid conversion from 'long long
unsigned int*' to 'size_t* {aka long unsigned int*}' [-fpermissive]

arg2 = (unsigned long long*) array_data(array2);
     ^
permutohedral_wrap.cxx: In function 'PyObject*
_wrap_PermutohedralLattice_get_blur(PyObject*, PyObject*)':
permutohedral_wrap.cxx:4166:10: error: invalid conversion from 'long long
unsigned int*' to 'size_t* {aka long unsigned int*}' [-fpermissive]
arg2 = (unsigned long long*) array_data(array2);
     ^
error: command 'x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc' failed with exit status 1

In  the link I gave above, liangy1969 provides permutohedral.py and _permutohedral...pyd already, but directly trying to use them gave the issue here: https://github.com/liangy1969/CRF-RNN_Tensorflow/issues/1 it was concluded that the reason might be that the files were compiled in win64 and each need to build on your own. But while building I got the error above.
One more addition, in setup.py the guy gives the statement: include_dirs=['$PYTHON_PATH/Lib/site-packages/numpy/core/include']
I couldn't find my python_path, or any numpy/core/include under site-packages but I found numpy/core/include under /usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages so I changed the code from site-packages to dist-packages. I don't know if that is a right move or not, unfortunately I am not an expert on python or linux environment yet. There might occur maybe a very silly mistake of mine, sorry in case.
I am using python3 (3.5) and tensorflow r1.3 (if needed) and ubuntu 16.04. Can anyone help? Thanks.

A: I encountered the same problem. I removed one of the 'long' type specifiers. so instead of (unsigned long long*) it is just (unsigned long*)
As for the numpy path. Here is my setup.py:
permuto_module = Extension('_permutohedral', sources = ['permutohedral_wrap.cxx', 'permutohedral.cpp'], include_dirs=['/home/hallab/.local/lib/python3.5/site-packages/numpy/core/include'])

my numpy headers are in .local, took me a while to find ahah.


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Barnstable thanks Cape veterans for their service
Mild temperatures and sunny skies blessed the Barnstable Veterans Day parade, clouded only by puffs of Minutemen Honor Guard rifle-powder salutes.
Barnstable Police and Hyannis Fire department honor guards lead the march from Town Hall to the harbor, up Center to Main Street, and back to the Hyannis Village Green.
The Red Raiders High School Marching Band furnished the pace for members of the Barnstable Soldiers Memorial Association, the Hyannis Elks, Cotuit Boy Scout Troop #52, and Veterans for Peace.
"Here we mark the price of freedom," said keynote speaker USAF Col. (Ret.) Scott Romberger, citing the words above the Vietnam Memorial in Washington D.C.
Less than 1 percent, or 2.2 million of 330 million Americans, now serve in the U.S. Armed Forces, Romberger said. "Never has so much been owned to so few."
Romberger challenged the audience to "extend a hand and a thank you to a veteran. Take a little time and talk with them. Get to know the story of their service to our nation."
Councilor Paul Hebert, who served in the Vietnam War, quoted President Eisenhower, saying, "I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it."
Veterans are a force of 20 million in the United States, Hebert said, and 20 veterans a day take their own lives. He encouraged the audience to "stop the indignity of homelessness" by helping veterans find employment and housing.
"You have stood with us. Now, we stand for you," pastor Judson Adams of Faith Baptist Church in Osterville said in his closing benediction.
IT IS THE SOLDIER
©Copyright 1970, 2005 by Charles M. Province
It is the Soldier, not the minister
Who has given us freedom of religion.
It is the Soldier, not the reporter
Who has given us freedom of the press.
It is the Soldier, not the poet
Who has given us freedom of speech.
It is the Soldier, not the campus organizer
Who has given us freedom to protest.
It is the Soldier, not the lawyer
Who has given us the right to a fair trial.
It is the Soldier, not the politician
Who has given us the right to vote.
It is the Soldier who salutes the flag,
Who serves beneath the flag,
And whose coffin is draped by the flag,
Who allows the protester to burn the flag.


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But most significantly, CTC has recently become the largest user of Facebook at Work in Canada. It "is easy-to-use, secure and available on desktop and mobile devices." (CNW Group Ltd., Feb 2016). I had the opportunity to speak with Cam Thomson, Digital Marketing Manager at CTFS. He confirmed that CTC's Facebook at Work is the "company's primary forum to engage employees at all levels to share knowledge and collaborate from anywhere." Each division and department has a banner (group) and there are many smaller user groups as well. He cited an example of how efficiently employees from many demographics can post in these user groups while others can quickly offer feedback on product development. Simple surveys of the users within any group can be instrumental in gathering immediate opinions such as picking an employee favourite from a short-list of suggested products to bring to market. This has resulted in a "shift of behavior from broadcast to dialogue" (Cam Thomson, 2016) and thus achieving a highly engaged social forum.
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If there are less than 10 nodules per soybean plant, a rescue nitrogen treatment should be considered, says Laryssa Stevenson.
Soybeans in parts of Western Canada have started to show visual signs of nitrogen deficiency due to poor nodulation and dry conditions.
The symptoms are showing up as nitrogen uptake is about to peak, with the crop heading into the critical pod-filling stage.
Nodulation failure appears to be more prevalent in fields where soybeans have never been grown before, explains Laryssa Stevenson, production specialist for western Manitoba with Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers (MPSG).
The issue of poor nodulation was one of the topics she discussed with growers at the Crops-A-Palooza field day hosted by Manitoba commodity groups in Portage la Prairie last week.
"It's been worse than previous years because it's been very dry. We had very dry seeding conditions, so some of our more vulnerable inoculant formulations, like liquid inoculant, may have desiccated," she says, noting granular inoculant is generally more robust in moisture extremes and acidic soils.
In addition to the earlier issues with inoculant, dry conditions through the growing season have also slowed the nitrogen fixation process in plants with nodules, further contributing to the deficiency.
If there are less than 10 nodules per plant, a rescue nitrogen treatment should be considered, says Stevenson.
The general recommendation for rescue N applications in Western Canada is 50 pounds per acre at the R3 (early pod) stage. (The recommendation in Ontario is earlier — at first flower, if soybeans are pale green and N-deficient.) If possible, the fertilizer should be applied just before rain and directed below the canopy to prevent leaf burn.
"Peak nitrogen uptake in soybeans happens between R4 and R5 when the soybean crop is taking up around 4.5 pounds of nitrogen per acre per day, so we want to make sure we get that nitrogen on just before that pod-filling period," she explains.
Research conducted by IHARF in Saskatchewan in 2017 showed an average 18 percent yield increase when UAN was dribble-banded on the soil surface at R2-R3 (early pod fill) stages in soybeans where no granular inoculant had been applied, however yields were still lower than in soybeans with good nodulation.


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This is an excellent story of how to judge someone from external appearances can be very misleading and has the very real potential of hiding their true character and nature. A lesson relevant to all societies and periods.
Characters and scenes are well described enabling readers to visualise each as they read. The twists and turns as well as good pace keep the pages turning with a desire to know where the story is going and what will happen. Empathy with the protagonist is readily created.
Not only is this an enjoyable tale but it also throws light upon the times (1817): architecturally and socially. This is especially true with regard to how men generally viewed women, in particular unmarried ones (spinsters).
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So I'm off for a girl's weekend and of course the first thing I pack is … food! And a girl's weekend is definitely not complete without chocolate … and icecream … and wine … and a massage. But let's just chat about chocolate for now! These peanut and chocolate balls are very moreish but they are kind to your body so the guilt factor is zero when enjoying these tasty treats.
Please don't attempt these without a really good quality raw cacao (I use Loving Earth) to give it a rich chocolate flavour. It's also very nutritious for you.
Process the nuts with the cacao until it is a fine crumb. Add the dates one at a time and continue to blend. Add all remaining ingredients and process until well combined.
Roll the mixture into bite-sized balls and lay on a baking tray lined with baking paper. Leave to set in the freezer for at least an hour. Keep them in the freezer but allow to thaw for twenty minutes or so before serving. Enjoy with coffee or green tea!
No recipes today, just my observations of a weekend spent with my fellow food bloggers at Eat Drink Blog 2014. As you can imagine, we did a lot of eating! We had irresistible food from several of Brisbane's finest … the unlimited Merlo Coffee was something I may have over-indulged in. But then there were the pastries from Flour and Chocolate, decadent desserts from PassionTree Velvet and of course the classic ham and cheese croissants from Chester Street Bakery. We were very spoilt indeed. So as I declared the start of my "diet" this week, I shared a red wine (yes that's on my kind of diet) with a friend and debriefed on my whole experience.
As a relatively new blogger, I noted that food bloggers are a unique bunch … most were younger than I, and most are cafe and restaurant reviewers who share their feedback via Instagram. So I humbled myself to learn from a young lass ten years my junior, and I am now up and running … you can follow my images here @gracengusto. It's a fun way to share a photo diary and build your brand, but for me, it isn't enough … it isn't sufficient for me to communicate and share recipes which is what I really love to do.
A couple of standout speakers for me were Christina Soong from The Hungry Australian and Brenda Fawdon, passionate owner of Mondo Organics. Christina won the accolade of both Overall Winner and Best Food Blog at the Best Australian Blogs 2014 competition organised by the Australian Writers' Centre. Although not a brilliant speaker, her content was very helpful and for me personally, very revealing about how the most successful bloggers became so. I very much admire her writing and I am grateful she came to share what she did.
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Big thanks to the #EDB14 team! Congratulations on pulling together a fantastic event with no government funding whatsoever. Thankyou for your passion and for creating a supportive environment where we can all learn from one another. Let's keep in touch online, and I look forward to seeing you all again at the 2016 event, post-France!
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Despite using cooking oil with almost any meal, you should not put excess oil down your drain. It can thicken and clog your drain. The average cost to professionally unclog a drain is $195.
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Plaatsen in district Calderdale

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 Sowerby Bridge

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Q: javascript inheritance with a parent variable I want a user to be able to create classes from a base class, and other user made classes, through one function given an object literal.
so there would be a list of classes:
var allclasses = {};

the parent class could look something like this, all classes have this ancestor:
    base = function() {
        this.name = 'base';
        this.varname = 250;
    }
    base.prototype = {
      foo: function() {
         this.varname += 50;
      }
    }
    // added to allclasses
    allclasses['base'] = base;
and a method to create new classes:
function create(childliteral) { ???? }

an example of how this would work, ideally:
var myclass = create({
   parentname: 'base', // a required variable, create will return false if this isn't valid (not in allclasses)
   name: 'specialname', // a required variable, create will return false if this is already in allclasses
   foo: function() {
     this.varname += 100;
     // this is the part is what causes the most stress, I want it to call the parents function 'foo'
     this.parent.foo();
     return this.varname;
   }
});

and then to create an instance of the class:
var myobject = new myclass();

or..
var myobject2 = new allclasses['specialname'];

and finally, calling
myobject.foo();
console.log(myobject.varname) // prints out 400

myobject.parent.foo();
console.log(myobject.varname) // prints out 450
console.log(myobject.parent.varname) // also prints out 450
console.log(myobject.parent.name) // prints out 'base'
console.log(myobject.parentname) // prints out 'base'
console.log(myobject.name) // prints out 'specialname'

I have gotten extremely close to this, except I couldn't chain more than two objects.

A: You need to somehow store a reference to the super class; for example
 var myclass = create({
    parentName: 'Base',
    name: 'specialname',
    childCtor: function () { },
    childProto: {
      foo: function(){
         this.varname += 100;
         this._base_.foo(); // reference to the superclass
         return this.varname;
      }
    }
});

Look at the full example http://jsfiddle.net/zzu8J/7/


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Jeremy Wright Mulls Credit Card Ban for Gambling Use
Posted on January 16, 2019 January 16, 2019 by Kat Orlov
Jeremy Wright will talk with bookmakers and retail banks and discuss banning credit cards for gambling purposes
The UKGC will launch their own investigation to seek evidence about a link between gambling harm and the use of credit cards
The country focuses on even broader self-exclusion practices
The United Kingdom Gambling Commission (UKGC) will call for a review of a proposed measure seeking to limit the use of credit cards in gambling and betting establishments, including poker & bingo rooms and lotteries.
UKGC and Jeremy Wright Look into Credit Card Use
An important new development in the UK gambling climate has transpired. The culture secretary, Jeremy Wright, said that he was now looking into the possibility of restricting gaming-related payments made via credit cards.
Commenting on the initiative, Mr. Wright said that he would hold various meetings with bookmaker and retail banking representatives. If the measure is seen through, this would affect billions of pounds transacted as wagers every year.
Mr. Wright's primary concern has been the growing use of credit cards in settling gaming-related transactions. According to the data presented by him and cited by the Guardian, 20% of all transactions related to gambling have been settled with the use of credit card.
The issue with this specific method of payment lies in the fact that many consumers could be tempted to play with money that they don't actually have. As a result, the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has said that it would follow up on Mr. Wright's initiative and seek evidence about the correlation between gambling harm and the use of credit harm.
The move is expected in February. A UKGC spokesperson has commented, explaining that the watchdog has been considering similar measures in the past:
In our online review last year we said we will consider prohibiting or restricting the use of credit cards and will explore the consequences of doing so.
Now that Mr. Wright is also pushing for a change, it seems only appropriate to have the UKGC look into the matter as well. Mr. Wright's own commitment to creating a gaming industry that focuses on the consumer well-being has been quite marked.
He remains one of the staunches supporters of the FOBTs reduction plan and has spearheaded the timelier changes to the maximum bets applicable to the terminals, with the stake now awaiting reduction to £2 from £100 in April.
Mr. Wright has expressed his gratitude to retail banks which agreed to allow their customers to self-exclude from certain industries, including gambling. Some of the banking bodies to have pushed ahead with the move include Barclays, Lloyds, Santander and the Royal Bank of Scotland.
Self-exclusion schemes have been also another important part of the United Kingdom's effort to limit harmful gambling practices. One of the most popular self-exclusion schemes in the country, GamStop has been recently cited by the BBC as "flawed", with the popular media outlet finding people who have successfully gamed the system by changing their legal names or e-mail addresses.
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Sky's CEO Stephen van Rooyen Says TV Ads Ban Not Enough
Posted on December 10, 2018 December 11, 2018 by Kat Orlov
Sky is increasingly shaping itself up as a champion of consumer protection and anti-gambling harm champion. The company's CEO, Stephen van Rooyen, has now said that the whistle-to-whistle ban will need to be backed by serious action from industry experts to succeed in achieving its intended goal.
Sky's Charm Offensive
New measures are being implemented every day to help curb the number of problem gamblers on the territory on the United Kingdom, and while some remain sceptical about the effects of the proposed changes in the advertisement policy, Sky CEO Stephen van Rooyen seems determined to seek a final solution, beyond what he thinks is an ill-considered palliative.
According to Mr. van Rooyen, a whistle-to-whistle ban would not be sufficient in itself to brush up on consumer protection stands. Rather, operators will re-focus their efforts online where they can reach out to even greater audiences.
Mr. van Rooyen is de facto one of the sceptics who perceives this move as an exercise in futility. Even though the Remote Gambling Association (RGA) and its members have been championing the measure as a proof of an improving industry, the Sky's top man is not convinced.
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— Sky Corporate (@SkyCorporate) March 21, 2018
TV advertisement is a dying sector with bookmakers and iGaming companies scurrying off online where they can take refuge while the industry's coming to a slow halt. According to Regulus Partners, TV advertisement accounts for only 15% of all gambling-related ads. In other words, the industry's leaders have adapted quickly.
It's true that limiting ads during air time would have its effects. People would be less likely to tempt themselves into placing a wager and of course – business will lose revenue, but ultimately – the levels of betting will bounce back if not strengthened by reaching new customers, courtesy of well-spread online advertisement.
If the RGA and gambling companies are serious about protecting vulnerable gamblers, then they should start by looking at where they spend the most money, what has the least level of regulation and where there is most evidence of harm: the online world. – Sky CEO Stephen van Rooyen
Mr. van Rooyen was specific in the course of action that should be pursued moving forward, explaining that instead of addressing a sector that is clearly not the main focus of the industry any more was belated and probably not really necessary.
He also explained that the focus must shift online and the government must seek to ensure that all activities are levied with the proper tax, and thus avoid depriving the state from its just share of the revenue, which can be reinvested in social causes.
Sky has already said that it would limit the gambling-related content advertisement to one slot per commercial break. Meanwhile, the online segment remains testy, as it's regulated by the CAP Code, which basically means that advertisement can be launched before they are vetted & approved.
Underage gambling has been another serious issue in the country, with estimated 50,000 children suffering from a gambling-related problem of varying severity. The United Kingdom has a lot to do before it can guarantee the safety of all its customers, to mention nothing of those most vulnerable, and Mr. van Rooyen seems to know as much.
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Carlos is one of 23 cellists in Buenos Aires city's youth orchestra located in Retiro where massive shantytown exists next to elegant tall buildings of the city centre. I have been working as "madrina" for the exchange program between young musicians to go abroad, the scholarships for continuing music educations in the city conservatoires for the children who want to go further with their music instruments. He is 19 years old and very quiet, but when he plays I feel what he went through and what he wants to become.
Was born in Tokyo. Master of Arts at Hofstra University in NY. Studied Modern European Photography History at Sutherby's London while working as Capital Market director in the Far East and South Asian desk for Swiss Bank Corporation, London. She has curated several private exhibitions of her visual artists' friends resided in UK.
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